Carex praeceptorum
Distribution
It is native to much of western North America, from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in wet, marshy habitat such as bogs and lakeshores.
Description
This sedge produces small clumps of short, grasslike stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall from a thin network of rhizomes. The thin, grayish to pale green leaves are up to about 15 centimeters in length but shorter than the stems. The inflorescence is a small, dense bundle of a few brown flower spikes. The fruit is coated in a dark colored perigynium.
External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Carex+praeceptorum Calflora Database: Carex praeceptorum (Early sedge, Teacher's sedge)]
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=17744 Jepson eFlora treatment of Carex praeceptorum]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAPR22 USDA Plants Profile for Carex praeceptorum]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357414 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Carex+praeceptorum UC CalPhotos gallery of Carex praeceptorum images]
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Category:Flora of British Columbia
Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Plants described in 1931
Category:Taxa named by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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